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Hutsuls
Ethnic group in the Carpathian Mountains / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Hutsuls (Hutsul/Ukrainian: Гуцули, romanized: Hutsuly; Polish: Huculi, Hucułowie; Romanian: huțuli) are an East Slavic ethnic group spanning parts of western Ukraine and Romania (i.e. parts of Bukovina and Maramureș).
Not to be confused with Utsuls.
"Hucul" redirects here. For the horse breed, see Hucul pony. For the surname, see Hucul (surname).
Quick Facts Гуцули, Total population ...
Гуцули | |
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![]() Hutsul family, 1925–1939 | |
Total population | |
>26,400 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() | 23,900 (2001)[1] |
![]() | At least 2,500[2] |
Languages | |
Hutsul dialect of the Rusyn language, Ukrainian[3] | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Ukrainian Greek Catholic or Eastern Orthodox | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Boykos, Lemkos, Rusyns, Pokutians |
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In Ukraine, they have often been officially and administratively designated a subgroup of Ukrainians,[4] and, among the Ukrainian scholars, are largely regarded as constituting a broader Ukrainian ethnic group.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11] However, in eyes of some scholars and of some Hutsuls, they are either their own nation, or a part of the Rusyn nation, alongside the closely related ethnic groups of Boykos and Lemkos.[12]